Search a meal
All dishes:
Meal families
Shellfish and Seafood
Mussels cassolette with spinach
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
> view pairingsDesserts
Cherry merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Cheeses
Dirt lover
United States. Missouri.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind covered in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
Veal
Pozharsky veal cutlet
Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, cream, and eggs, pan-fried until golden.
> view pairingsSea fish
Sole fillets with red wine sauce
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
> view pairingsPoultry
Squab with duck foie gras and black truffle sauce
Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.
> view pairingsDesserts
Christmas pudding
United Kingdom.
A dark-colored Christmas cake, slowly steamed with dried fruits, nuts, brown sugar or molasses, and often beef suet. It is flavored with beer (such as porter or stout), a spirit like brandy, or citrus juice. Traditionally, it is flambéed with cognac or rum before serving.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bordeaux style crayfish
Crayfish flambéed with Cognac served with a mirepoix and a tomato and white wine-based sauce.
> view pairingsCooked meats
Grenier médocain
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Médoc.
Andouille made from pork stomachs, intestines, and strips of ham, cooked in a garlicky, spiced vegetable broth.
Warm starters
Spiced pork nem
Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.
Desserts
Pear marquise
Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).
> view pairingsSheep and Goats
Roasted leg of lamb with flageolets beans
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Consommé and Soup
Fish a la nage with saffron
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
> view pairings

